exorable

英 ['eksərəbl] 美
  • adj. 可说服的;可用恳求打动的

英文词源


exorable (adj.)
1570s, "susceptible of being moved by entreaty" (a word much rarer than its opposite and probably existing now only as a back-formation from it), from Latin exorabilis "easily entreated, influenced by prayer," from exorare "to persuade" (see inexorable). Related: Exorably.

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